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Patient has rash which begin on trunck and spread peripherally . now developed ataxia and nystagmus. Wut is the diagnosis


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Is this patient a child.

I think this patient has Acute Cerebellar Ataxia following chicken pox. Am i right.

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???Complication of viral infection...cerebellar ataxia....Inf. Mononucleosis???

Phenytoin toxicity?

yes this pt is child

answer is post infectious cerebellar ataxia.
its a varicella infection .. later on developed a complication ..
oh by the way it was step 3 q.

a patient who is HIV patient has thrombocytopenia. how would you treat the thrombocytopenia
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how low is the platlets and does he hav bleeding, becuase , because thrombocytopenia can be the presenting sing of hiv

do nothing except patient is bleeding or platelet count is very low